It's off to ancient Greece for a split-your-side funny take on the politics of junior-high popularity.In ancient Greece lived a little girl called ...
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May 10, 2010
Shannon
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I picked this book up thinking I needed something to booktalk for our FLYP programs. I thought it fit in with the whole Greek-mythology craze that is going on. I loved it!
Medusas a preteen who is experiencing a constant Bad-Hair-Day. To make matters worse, she goes to school with the Champions, the sons and daughters of the gods. They tease her and her friends, a centaur and a minotaur, mercilessly. Obviously, she's not thrilled when they're all forced to take a hiking trip to More...
Medusas a preteen who is experiencing a constant Bad-Hair-Day. To make matters worse, she goes to school with the Champions, the sons and daughters of the gods. They tease her and her friends, a centaur and a minotaur, mercilessly. Obviously, she's not thrilled when they're all forced to take a hiking trip to More...
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Feb 28, 2009
Chris
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A long time ago in Ancient Greece, lived a little girl named Medusa Jones. Medusa was a Gorgon. But apart from that, pretty normal.
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"Please can I turn them to stone?" Medusa begged.
"It's not the polite thing to do, dear," said Medusa's mom.
"They're not polite," Medusa said. "They were mean about my hair again today."
"Sticks and stones, Medusa," said Medusa's mom. "You can't More...
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"Please can I turn them to stone?" Medusa begged.
"It's not the polite thing to do, dear," said Medusa's mom.
"They're not polite," Medusa said. "They were mean about my hair again today."
"Sticks and stones, Medusa," said Medusa's mom. "You can't More...
Sep 06, 2011
Dolly
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Our fascination with all things pertaining to Greek mythology continues and we are reading everything that our oldest can find. This is a fun story that adds a youthful sweetness to scary characters like Medusa and Cerberus, something that I thought would be difficult to do. In fact, Medusa is the hero of the story, along with Chiron and Mino (as in the Minotaur), while the Champions (Theseus, Perseus, and Cassandra) are mean and spiteful bullies who also happen to be popular and good looking.
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Jun 23, 2010
Pam
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The audience for this book is rather small -- young readers who have in-depth knowledge of gorgons, Greek pantheon, and ancient mythology. Collins imagines a world where Medusa with her unkempt snake hair is a child and attending school with the other creatures from Greek mythology (the children of the gods and goddesses) as well as Chiron and even her puppy the 3-headed Cerberus. As you can imagine Medusa is part of the "odd" crowd and that poses problems for her in her status-consc
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Jul 13, 2011
~*~Teresa Gyllenhaal~*~
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Actual rating: 2.5
I had a hard time picking a rating for this book. While it was a quick, easy read with some wit now and again, the story has been done many times before. So here I am feeling a bit conflicted because I didn't mind the story, and I really enjoyed the illustrations (especially Mino! He's so cute and adorable!) but the fact the story was so predictable because it's been done so many times made me go a little "Well, that was cute... but really?"
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I had a hard time picking a rating for this book. While it was a quick, easy read with some wit now and again, the story has been done many times before. So here I am feeling a bit conflicted because I didn't mind the story, and I really enjoyed the illustrations (especially Mino! He's so cute and adorable!) but the fact the story was so predictable because it's been done so many times made me go a little "Well, that was cute... but really?"
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Mar 19, 2011
Laura
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I picked this up in the elementary school library, hoping that this would be a modern spin based on mythology. While Medusa was a pretty interesting character and I loved the portrayal of her snakes, the overall story was pretty lame. The Champions bully Medusa and her friends; the class has a field trip on Mount Olympus. The characters were not necessarily portrayed consistently with the mythology. The bully-bullied relationship was very two-dimensional and doesn't really serve as a guide o
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Jun 19, 2009
Hilary
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Medusa, and her two friends, Chiron, and Mino (short for Minotaur) and sent on a camping trip to Mount Olympus with "the Champions", the class bullies, and their freaky attributes help them to save the day. Humor is abundant in this early chapter book, but strange accents, and unfamiliar objects (igneous, carpetbag, carnies...) may make this unreachable for all but the most precocious beginning chapter book readers. Perhaps it's a good fit for those who can't get enough of Percy Jackso
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Feb 18, 2011
Nathanpd96
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Medusa Jones is being bullied at school by the champions. The champions are Perseus, Theseus, and Casandra. The champions bully everyone. They love to bully medusa and her friends. Medusa's friends are Chiron and the Minotaur. They end up going on a field trip together and Medusa and her friends end up saving the champions.
I liked that they made two of the monsters of greek myths to good little kids. I didn't like that no one was nice to medusa. I liked how she wanted to turn the More...
I liked that they made two of the monsters of greek myths to good little kids. I didn't like that no one was nice to medusa. I liked how she wanted to turn the More...
Mar 06, 2010
Abby
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I thought personally that it was a fantastic book knowing that I love fiction books!! Why? You might ask, well it was basically all about a little girl about my age (9) and she wanted to turn the bullies at school into stone which I thought was hilarious because that's just such funny kid humor!!!! So again I ranked it a 5 because it just was a hillarious and well written book! I really loved it! it made me laugh and I got connected to it!
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Sep 20, 2008
Tim
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Feb 13, 2008
Abby
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In this sweet, funny chapter book, Medusa Jones asks her parents (just like she does every day) if she can turn the Champions into stone. As always, they say no. The Champions (Perseus, Cassandra, and Theseus) are the popular clique at her school... and they live to torture the "freaks". They tease Medusa mercilessly for having snakes for hair. They also tease her best friends Chiron (centaur) and Mino (minotaur), but Medusa is their favorite. Medusa is completely fed up with their tau
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Jan 05, 2008
Elizabeth
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I read a lot of "meaningful" books without wanting to. When you review books for children there's a sort of assumption that if you want to be familiar with the cream of the yearly crop then you need to immerse yourself in a smattering of dead moms, deadbeat dads, anger issues, historical fiction, etc. And that's all well and good for a while, but after months and months of it, a person begins to crack. Maybe, just maybe, I should read something fun and funny and well written and just d
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Oct 11, 2010
Maryanne
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Medusa Jones is teased for her snakey hair and the rumors that she can turn people into stone. This is a great choice for programs on bullying - I read a chapter of it to a group of 4th and 5th graders because this month the school I'm working at has an anti-bullying program going on and the kids ate it up. It's very similar to the Percy Jackson series in that it looks at Greek mythological characters with a contemporary twist. It's also not at all condescending or pandering in how it approac
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May 14, 2010
Emma
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i thought it was very good and this is why!
as i began to read i could feel how she felt that people where making fun of her. but as she tried to takethe way the made of of her (they=kids=the populars) she tried a hat everything it was a wonderful book i love how the ending was that everything was ok no one excepted for the parnts of the populars got mad i give it 5 stars and thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
as i began to read i could feel how she felt that people where making fun of her. but as she tried to takethe way the made of of her (they=kids=the populars) she tried a hat everything it was a wonderful book i love how the ending was that everything was ok no one excepted for the parnts of the populars got mad i give it 5 stars and thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Nov 19, 2009
Rachel
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Fun book about a young Gorgoneion. They live in an ancient greek city and no longer get mail service because they've accidentally turned so many mail carriers into statues which litter the backyard. She goes to school where she has to put up with bullies in the form of Theseus, Perseus and Cassandra and is friends with a minotaur and centaur. Lots of fun jokes and school angst. Likable character.
Feb 22, 2008
babyhippoface
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Perhaps I wasn't in the right mood for this one. I just found the writing simplistic, even for an early chapter book, and I didn't like the ending. At all. It actually made me do a double-take. Sorta ruined the whole book for me. (Why do THIS if you're just gonna do THAT? Anyway.) Plus, those champions were real pains in the neck.
The illustrations, on the other hand, were absolutely terrific, with the exception of Medusa's nose. Really bothered me. It looked like a wooden puppet nose More...
The illustrations, on the other hand, were absolutely terrific, with the exception of Medusa's nose. Really bothered me. It looked like a wooden puppet nose More...
Feb 24, 2009
Ciera
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Ha ha! This is a laugh out loud book that keeny tells almost "modern" versions of classic Greek mythology. Medusa Jones doesn't just have a bad hair day...she has a bad hair life! But when she goes on an adventure with her best friends, a centaur and a minotaur, she learns important lessons about bullies and being yourself.
Jul 02, 2009
Dana
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I did not particularly like this book but gave it 3 stars all the same due to the fact that the 9 year old in my life loved it. I thought it was written oddly and a bit disjointed as well as not really having any real point to the story. I was disappointed in general with the plot, characters, and writing style.
Mar 02, 2010
Ange (MarmaladeLibby of Libby Blog)
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I LOVED this! What a clever story with just enough of the accurate Greek mythology & just enough of the present to make it incedibly enjoyable! I actually read this whole thing to my 5 year old and she loved it too & wanted me to read it again tomorrow! :) I just wish the last 2 pages weren't there. Not what I wanted the ending to be.
Feb 08, 2012
Alyssa
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This book isn't really one of my favorites but it is one of my favorites. I'd say it was in between. Wasn't really what I expected either. Was kinda about freaks (Medusa and her friends)and populars (The "Champions"). Really mostly about their camping trip and the "Champions" bullying Medusa and her friends. Wasn't great but it wasn't horrible as well. I give it three stars.
May 13, 2009
B
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A Greek Gods story for around grade 3-4, the kids from creatures such as Medusa with her snaky hair, are always dissed by the kids of the Champions, (son of Zeus, etc.) until the skills they have because of their snakes, hooves, etc. become crucial. Light, easy reading.
Jan 28, 2009
Molly
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Funny Funny Funny. What would life be like for you if you had snakes on your head and had to go to school with "heros". By the end of the book you are totally on the side of all mythological monsters and want the Heros to be knocked down a notch. Grades 3+
Apr 13, 2011
Matthewd96
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I thought it was a good book because you never know what is going to happen next, and when something does happen you never know if this is going to happen or is this going to happen.
Jan 26, 2011
Chrystal
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Really cute story. The ending was a little flat, but overall, the story was really funny and definitely appealing to a young audience interested in mythology :)
Jul 24, 2009
Jenny
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I would recommend this 3rd grade leveled book for older kids who aren't strong readers when they are interested in mythology. A fun spin on some of the characters.
Jun 28, 2008
Chrissy
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Aug 10, 2011
Kim
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Mean and endearing-- this tale twists the roles of some mythical monsters and heroes to tell the story of a small adventure most mortals can relate to. Cute drawings are found on more than half of the page spreads.
Mar 13, 2010
Amanda
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Cute little story. Some defintely themes that kids could identify with and there is some humor at the end.
Nov 22, 2008
Melanie
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An easy read... Really had no meaning.... I wouldn't recremend it, but it wasn't horiible.
May 20, 2009
Sydnie
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It is a funney fun ride book . It has a funney twist to the real medusa .
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